Space Shuttle Discovery rides piggyback atop a specially modified Boeing 747 as it departs runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base in California on its ferry flight back to Kennedy Space Center in Florida, August 19, 2005. Discovery began the return journey to its Florida home port from its landing site in California after having to land at Edwards Air Force base because of thunderstorms at Cape Canaveral. (Tom Rogers/Reuters)

Russia launches R-73 upgrade
* The improved Russian R-73 air-to-air missile has been fitted with a new seeker, fuze, flight-control software and digital hardware * Firing tests have taken...
19-Aug-2005


*Vympel reveals ground-launched R-77 missile
* Russia's R-77 air-to-air missile has been adapted for ground-launched operation in the air defence role * The missile is effective

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